The Lions defender spoke frankly after the club’s loss to Essendon on Saturday night, their seventh straight defeat of the season.
"You have your structures and game-plans that you go out with and we executed that for the first quarter and first half and the scoreboard took care of itself," Drummond said.
"In the second half we tried to make a few changes and spoke about how we wanted to set up and how we wanted to play, but the players didn’t execute it.
"Whether it’s the pressure of the game, whether it’s fatigue, we got sucked in to the footy and that’s got absolutely nothing to do with the coaches.
“The players take full responsibility for that - it’s not good enough."
The Lions got a fair share of possession but Essendon had it trapped in their forward 50 for most of the night (75-36 inside 50s).
Drummond said getting too many numbers to the contest was the main problem.
"We were a bit undisciplined, so it made it pretty hard for us to get the ball out of defence and maintain possession," he said.
"The challenge for us now is to not be happy playing a good half of football or good three quarters of football.
“The evenness and strength of this competition is now you’ve got to play four quarters and that’s the challenge for us.
“The talent’s there, the will’s there, the want’s there, it’s just a matter of executing under pressure and doing that consistently."
After 12 months out of the team with knee and quadriceps injuries, Drummond has now played two matches and is gradually finding his way.
The half-back with the precise left boot had 21 disposals against the Bombers and said despite the horror 0-7 start, the players were still a tight unit.
"We’ve got a great bunch of guys who really get along,” he said.
“I wouldn’t say we’re enjoying it but we’re enjoying the challenge of trying to dig ourselves out of it and setting ourselves for this weekend against North Melbourne."
